Weird probb with multiple OS taht is not!

[Manos 0]

Ok, that topic is way clouded right?

 

Check this, I Had Win2K installed. I had another partition, where I installed a copy of Whistler (way back in like april or something) Now, my win2k crashed because of whistler (don't ask me how?!?! At startup 2K wanted some files from whistler that it couldn't find and it just hung. Whistler worked fine though)

 

And when I got RC1 of XP I formatted my Whistler and installed RC1 there and got rid of the Win 2k HD altogether (old 6GB drive) After this install i had the whistler option at startup along with the XP wich is weird since the whistler is formatted and gone for good. As I got RC2 i just upgraded to that, but when I got Final, I formatted again and did a clean install. Now I still have the whistler option available (of course Nothing starts if i where to choose it, and i have also disabled the options from the properties for startup so that XP starts immedietly, so that is not a prob)

 

But check out the Boot.ini:

[boot loader]

timeout=0

default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS

[operating systems]

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows Whistler Professional" /fastdetect

 

that is weird... can i just delete the whistler line without any probbs?

[TaoArcher 0]

Yes you can just delete it. The boot.ini is simple a file that creates the menu.

 

I'm still not sure exactly how NT/2K retains the boot.ini after a drive format. I think maybe it saves a copy in the master boot record? I've wondered this for a long time actually...if anyone knows how i'd like to know.

[Manos 0]

Tx man... consider it deleted!